Physical Education

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Purpose

Physical Education Teacher Education prepares professionals capable of delivering diverse programs that promote self-directed, responsible, physically active lifestyles in school aged children and youth in urban settings across the state and region.

Goals

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the urban child and the nature of urban contexts in relation to positive lifestyle choices through human movement.
• Demonstrate knowledge and appropriate application of pedagogical content knowledge of human movement across diverse settings and age groups through human movement.
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse physical education programs and curricular planning to ensure student learning in a supportive learning environment.
• Effectively apply pedagogical skills and kinesiological principles in diverse activity settings.
• Demonstrate the ability to write and speak effectively in multiple contexts with diverse populations.
• Integrate technology within movement settings to enhance communication, assessment and learning.
• Create a learning environment characterized by acceptable student behavior and efficient use of time.
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous professional growth.

Objectives

Students earning a BS in the Physical Education Option will have demonstrated the following through course work and application:

• Ability to serve as a change agent for the promotion of positive lifestyle choices for learners in urban settings.
• An understanding of physical education content knowledge, disciplinary concepts and tools of inquiry related to the development of a physically educated and physically active person.
• An understanding of how individuals learn and develop, and can provide opportunities that support their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development in human movement settings.
• An understanding of how individuals differ in their approaches to learning human movement and create appropriate instruction adapted to diverse learners.
• An understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior in order to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interacting, active engagement in physical activity, learning and self-motivation through human movement.
• An ability to create a learning environment characterized by acceptable student behavior, efficient use of time, and disciplined acquisition of knowledge, skills and understanding in a human movement setting.
• The effective use of verbal, nonverbal and media communication and technological techniques to foster inquiry, collaboration and engagement in physical activity.
• Planning and implementation of a variety of developmentally appropriate instructional strategies to develop physically educated and active individuals.
• An understanding and use of formal and informal assessment strategies to foster physical cognitive, social and emotional development of learners in physical activity.
• A reflective practitioner who evaluates the effects of his/her actions on others in developing human movement.
• The fostering of relationships with colleagues, parents/guardians and community agencies to encourage a lifetime of physical activity.